ʾƎndartā, Koholo Yoḥannǝs Dabra Betel, KY-014
Iosif Fridman (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
General description
Dāwit “Psalter”
Number of Text units: 1
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Original Location: Koholo Yoḥannǝs Dabra Betel / KY↗
According to the colophon, the Ms. was completed on Gǝnbot 17, 1896 year of mercy (= May 25, 1904 A.D.).Provenance
Walda ʾIyasus is mentioned as the commissioner in the colophon.
Summary
- ms_i1 (),
Contents
Incipit ( ):
Explicit ( ):
Colophon
check the viewer172r check the viewer172r
: ተጽሕፈ፡ ዝንቱ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ በመንግሥተ፡ ምኒልክ፡ ዳግማዊ፡ በ፲ወ፰፻፺ወ፮ዓመተ፡ ምሕረት፡ በዘመነ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ አመ፡ ፲ወ፯ለግንቦት፡ በዕለተ፡ ረቡዕ፡ ጊዜ፡ ፱ሰዓት። ኅቡረ፡ ይምሐረነ፡ በመንግሥተ፡ ሰማያት፡ ለጸሐፊሁ፡ ኃጥእ፡ ወአባሲ፡ ወልደ፡ ትንሣኤ፡ ወለአጽሐፊሁ፡ ወልደ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ [n.l.]: This book was written in the reign of Mǝnilǝk II, in the 1896 year of mercy, in the year of (the Evangelist) John, on Gǝnbot 17, on Wednesday, in the ninth hour (of the day). May He have mercy, in the Kingdom of Heaven, both on its scribe, the sinner and wrongdoer Walda Tǝnśāʾe, and on its commissioner Walda ʾIyasus (n. l.). The name of the scribe, Walda Tǝnśāʾe scribe , and of the commissioner, Walda ʾIyasus, have been partially erased.
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
Extras
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(Type: findingAid)
- Red threads inserted in the right upper corner of fols. 11, 39.
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- The title of the Ms., ዳዊት, is written on the front board, in black. The back board bears the same inscription on a piece of white paper glued onto it. - The Pss. are divided into groups of ten separated by an ornamental band. - The scribe reduced the size of his handwriting to accommodate the whole line or the end of the line: e.g., fols. 4r, 9r, 17v, 19r, 26r, 59r, 61v, 75r, 122r, 140r, 144r, 150r. - Part of the line is taken up: e.g., fols. 4r. 5rv, 6r, 17v, 26v, 28r, 52r, 111v, 122r. - Writing exercises, scribbles, doodles: fols. 1rv, 3rv, 172r, 173rv.
Decoration In this unit there are in total 18 s, 1 .
Frame notes
- frame: check the viewer4r (incipit page of Text I-1): coloured (orange, red, blue, black outline) ornamental band with floral motifs extending to the top of the fol.; interlaces, floral motifs.
- frame: check the viewer11r : coloured (orange, red, blue, black outline) ornamental band; interlaces, floral motifs.
- frame: check the viewer19r : coloured (orange, red, blue, black outline) ornamental band; interlaces, floral motifs.
- frame: check the viewer27v : coloured (orange, red, blue, black outline) ornamental band; interlaces, floral motifs.
- frame: check the viewer39r : coloured (orange, red, blue, black outline) ornamental band; interlaces, floral motifs.
- frame: check the viewer48r : coloured (orange, red, blue, black outline) ornamental band; interlaces, floral motifs.
- frame: check the viewer54v : coloured (orange, blue, black outline) ornamental band; interlaces, floral motifs.
- frame: check the viewer64v : coloured (orange, blue, white, black outline) ornamental band; interlaces, floral motifs.
- frame: check the viewer77v : coloured (orange, blue, red, white, black outline) ornamental band; interlaces, floral motifs.
- frame: check the viewer86v : coloured (orange, blue, black, red, black outline) ornamental band; interlaces, floral motifs.
- frame: check the viewer93r : coloured (red, orange, blue, black outline) ornamental band; interlaces, floral motifs.
- frame: check the viewer108r : coloured (orange, blue, red, black outline) ornamental band; interlaces, floral motifs.
- frame: check the viewer122r : coloured (orange, blue, red, black outline) ornamental band; interlaces, floral motifs.
- frame: check the viewer125r : coloured (orange, blue, white, black outline) ornamental band; interlaces, floral motifs.
- frame: check the viewer132r : coloured (red, orange, blue, white, black outline) ornamental band; interlaces, floral motifs.
- frame: check the viewer139v (incipit page of Text I-2): coloured (orange, blue, red, white, black outline) ornamental band; floral motifs.
- frame: check the viewer154r (incipit page of Text I-3): coloured (orange, blue, red, black outline) ornamental band; interlaces, floral motifs.
- frame: check the viewer162r (incipit page of Text I-4): coloured (orange, blue, red, black outline) ornamental band; interlaces, floral motifs.
Miniatures notes
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 2v:
St. George slaying the dragon.
Unfinished miniature.
Catalogue Bibliography
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MS Koholo Yoḥannǝs Dabra Betel, Ethio-SPaRe
This manuscript has modern restorations.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 183 |
Width | 130 |
Depth | 65 |
Foliation
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 3 |
|
A(3; s.l.: 2, stub after 1/fols. 1r-3v) | |
2 | 10 |
|
I(10/fols. 4r-13v) | |
3 | 10 |
|
II(10/fols. 14r-23v) | |
4 | 10 |
|
III(10/fols. 14r-23v) | |
5 | 10 |
|
IV(10/fols. 34r-43v) | |
6 | 10 |
|
V(10/fols. 44r-53v) | |
7 | 10 |
|
VI(10/fols. 54r-63v) | |
8 | 10 |
|
VII(10/fols. 64r-73v) | |
9 | 10 |
|
VIII(10/fols. 74r-83v) | |
10 | 10 |
|
IX(10/fols. 84r-93v) | |
11 | 10 |
|
X(10/fols. 94r-103v) | |
12 | 10 |
|
XI(10/fols. 104r-113v) | |
13 | 10 |
|
XII(10/fols. 114r-123v) | |
14 | 10 |
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XIII(10/fols. 124r-133v) | |
15 | 10 |
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XIV(10/fols. 134r-143v) | |
16 | 10 |
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XV(10/fols. 144r-153v) | |
17 | 10 |
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XVI(10/fols. 154r-163v) | |
18 | 10 |
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XVII(10/fols. 164r-173v). |
Collation diagrams
A(3; s.l.: 2, stub after 1/fols. 1r-3v)
Quire ID:q1
I(10/fols. 4r-13v)
Quire ID:q2
II(10/fols. 14r-23v)
Quire ID:q3
III(10/fols. 14r-23v)
Quire ID:q4
IV(10/fols. 34r-43v)
Quire ID:q5
V(10/fols. 44r-53v)
Quire ID:q6
VI(10/fols. 54r-63v)
Quire ID:q7
VII(10/fols. 64r-73v)
Quire ID:q8
VIII(10/fols. 74r-83v)
Quire ID:q9
IX(10/fols. 84r-93v)
Quire ID:q10
X(10/fols. 94r-103v)
Quire ID:q11
XI(10/fols. 104r-113v)
Quire ID:q12
XII(10/fols. 114r-123v)
Quire ID:q13
XIII(10/fols. 124r-133v)
Quire ID:q14
XIV(10/fols. 134r-143v)
Quire ID:q15
XV(10/fols. 144r-153v)
Quire ID:q16
XVI(10/fols. 154r-163v)
Quire ID:q17
XVII(10/fols. 164r-173v).
Quire ID:q18
Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(2+1/s.l. 2, stub after 1/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (3), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (10), 10 (10), 11 (10), 12 (10), 13 (10), 14 (10), 15 (10), 16 (10), 17 (10), 18 (10),
Formula 2: 1 (3), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (10), 10 (10), 11 (10), 12 (10), 13 (10), 14 (10), 15 (10), 16 (10), 17 (10), 18 (10),
State of preservation
good
Condition
The spine cover is damaged. The sewing is damaged and crudely repaired with a cotton thread. Part of the tailband is missing.
Binding
Two wooden boards covered with reddish-brown tooled leather; textile inlays. Two pairs of sewing stations.
Binding decoration
Small holes are visible in the centre fold of some quires, one close to the head and one close to the tail of the codex.
Binding material
wood
leather
textile
Original binding
No
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 1
Number of lines: 20
H | 130mm |
W | 105mm |
Intercolumn | mm |
Margins | |
top | 18 |
bottom | 30 |
right | 20 |
left | 10 |
intercolumn |
Ms ʾƎndartā, Koholo Yoḥannǝs Dabra Betel, KY-014 main part
has a sum of layout width of 135mm which is greater than the object height of 130mmLayout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 33
H | 128mm |
W | 100mm |
Intercolumn | 6mm |
Margins | |
top | 23 |
bottom | 25 |
right | 15 |
left | 4 |
intercolumn | 6 |
Ms ʾƎndartā, Koholo Yoḥannǝs Dabra Betel, KY-014 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: 119mm, object width is: 130mm, computed height is: 176mm and object height is: 183mm.Layout note 1
Ruling
- (Subtype: pattern) Ruling pattern: 1A-1A/0-0/0-0/C.
- The upper line is written above the ruling.
- The bottom line is written above the ruling.
- 32-35
- (Subtype: pattern) Ruling pattern: 1A-1A-1A1A/0-0/0-0/C.
- The upper line is written above the ruling.
- The bottom line is written above the ruling.
Pricking
- Ruling and pricking are visible.
- Primary pricks are partly visible (s. (Excerpt from check the viewer168r)
). - Ruling pricks are visible (s. (Excerpt from check the viewer106r)
). - Ruling and pricking are visible.
- Primary pricks are visible.
- Ruling pricks are visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Scribe: Walda Tǝnśāʾe scribe ?
Script: Ethiopic
Mediocre, regular
Ink: Black, red
Rubrication: Nomina sacra (name of God in Texts I-1; name of St Mary in Texts I-4, I-5); name of the scribe; titles and numbers of the Pss., Canticles and Songs; title of Texts I-2, I-3, I-4, I-5; title and incipit of the daily readings of Text I-4; name and traditional interpretation of the Hebrew letters in Ps. 118; letters ባ and ክ of the word ይባርክዎ in Canticle 10; initial letters of some words in Texts I-4 and I-5; elements of the punctuation signs. A few lines (alternating with black lines) on the incipit page of Texts I-1; two lines (alternating with a black line) of the incipit of each Ps., Canticle and Song.
Date: Early 20th century
Walda Tǝnśāʾe scribe ? is mentioned as the scribe in the colophon.Early 20th centuryAbbreviations
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Iosif Fridman, Denis Nosnitsin, Alessandro Bausi, Magdalena Krzyzanowska, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻʾƎndartā, Koholo Yoḥannǝs Dabra Betel, KY-014ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2019-04-25) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/ESky014 [Accessed: 2024-05-21]
Revisions of the data
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: added missing extras from domlib on 25.4.2019
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: transformed from mycore to TEI P5 on 10.5.2016
- Magdalena Krzyzanowska Magdalena Krzyzanowska: last edited in Ethio-SPaRe on 30.9.2014
- Iosif Fridman Iosif Fridman: catalogued in Ethio-SPaRe on 25.11.2011
- Denis Nosnitsin: Ethio-SPaRe team photographed the manuscript on 2.5.2011
Attributions of the contents
Magdalena Krzyzanowska, contributor
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor